Processing Text and Images 04

This KS3 ICT quiz is all about processing text and images. Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) processes text and images. It combines a personal computer and WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) page layout software to create documents for printing. You could produce leaflets of different sizes, greetings cards, business cards, posters, magazines and even books if you wanted to. It is much better at these tasks than word processing software because you can control the layout very precisely. If you have ever tried to use word processing software for this purpose, you will have found that keeping everything exactly where you want it can be quite tricky.

When using DTP software correctly, the different elements are often created with other programs, saved as separate files and imported. Text is produced with a word processor and images in graphics software. It is possible to use the DTP program to enter text and manipulate images but that is less efficient. The layout is made using frames which can be positioned exactly aligned to a grid. They can be locked in place. The different elements are loaded into the frames and the text formatted as required.

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ICT is always a case of choosing the most appropriate software to carry out the task

2.

Images in a DTP are usually manipulated .......

directly in a DTP

in a graphics card and then imported into a DTP

in a graphics editor before importing into a DTP

in an image viewer and then transferred to a DTP

Image editing is best handled in specialist software

3.

An advantage of DTP over word processing is .......

DTP applications are faster

DTP applications are more expensive to buy

DTP has greater control over page layout

DTP is what professionals use

The different elements of a publication stay exactly where they have been placed so when you print the document, it looks how you intended it to be

4.

DTP applications are 'frame based' which means .......

text and images are arranged on a framework

text and images are arranged on a grid

text and images are arranged on a grid called a 'frame'

text and images are contained in boxes called 'frames'

Word processing software does not have these frames which is why it is so much more difficult to use it to layout a print publication

5.

Frames can be dragged around .......

from one page to an adjacent page wherever you want

from one page to any other page wherever you want

No they can't! Frames are fixed in position once created

on the page they were created on but nowhere else

This is what makes a DTP program so flexible

6.

Which of these is not usually true of text frames?

Can be made in unusual shapes - not just rectangular

One frame can be on multiple pages of a document

Link together, so text flows from one frame to another

They can be positioned in columns on a page

A frame can only be on one page, but frames on different pages can be linked. When you put the text into the first frame, if there is too much, it will automatically flow into the linked frame on a different page. You can link as many frames as you like

7.

Which is not a reason for creating a DTP template?

Creating a master copy of a page layout for repeated use

For a document which will only be used once

Maintaining a consistent look to related publications

To save time - new layout can be based on an existing one

No point creating one if it won't be used again!

8.

Templates might be useful for creating what?

Flyers

Web pages

Newspapers

All of the above

DTP software usually has built-in templates that you can use or you can create your own